Calgary vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$3437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	53	77
😀 Quality of life	90	86
🏙️ Population	1.31M	936K

The cost of living in Calgary is 15% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1716th and 911th ($2118 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 3rd in Canada and Israel, respectively. Check Canada vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 209th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Jerusalem

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	Calgary	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$27069

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761